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Slay the Spire — patch notes and updates

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The Neowsletter - April 20262026-04-17Hi everyone! Casey here. Slay the Spire 2 has been out for about a month and the majority of our work has been fixing up major issues, improving our feedback systems, polishing up visuals, and reworking/balancing content so that all of the cards and items feel interesting and viable! To those who reported feedback, thank you! Do note that the in-game feedback tool gives us more data than emails and meme posts (as funny as the latter may be). The road to version 1.0 is long but we're hoping to get back on track to some bigger chunks of content as we enter the warmer months. Our Early Access disclaimer is rather vague, so I felt that something
Slay the Spire: The Board Game - Downfall Expansion Kickstarter Now Live!2026-03-24It's finally here!! The Kickstarter campaign for the Slay the Spire board game Downfall expansion is LIVE NOW! The fan-favorite community mod for Slay the Spire 1 is getting its own OFFICIAL expansion to Slay the Spire: The Board Game, allowing you and your friends to play as some of the Spire’s infamous bosses. Don't have your own copy of the base board game yet? You can add it to your pledge (or grab it on its own) during this campaign, too! You can even get a carrying case (aka the Bag of Preparation) that fits both the original game and the expansion inside it!! Back the campaign and get some exclusive Collector's Edition goodies from now
The Neowsletter - March 20262026-03-13Hi everyone, Casey here! Our excellent community manager, Demi, has been in charge of the majority of Neowsletter writings for a while now but I wanted to stop by to say a few words: 🐟HOLY MACKEREL🐟! But in all seriousness, the response to Early Access has been incredible. Even though I threw out my back from overworking, I'm feeling high in spirits. Thank you to the team for dealing with my constant shenanigans and working extra during this busy rush! We'll be revealing exciting things soon, but for now, please enjoy all the work we put into this initial release. Launch and Beyond Ok, it’s Demi time again. Slay the Spire 2 has been out for
Slay the Spire 2 is out NOW in Early Access!!2026-03-05The Spire has finally reawakened. Slay the Spire 2, the long awaited sequel to the original genre-defining roguelike deckbuilder, is available now on Steam Early Access! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2868840/Slay_the_Spire_2/ We're so excited for you all to see for yourselves what we've been working on for the past 5 years. If you've been keeping up with our monthly Neowsletters, you already know that this reawakened Spire has a LOT of new features and content compared to the one you may already know, but there's plenty more to discover and much more on the way. For more info, you can check out our FAQ. For those who have never ventured
Slay the Spire 2 Releases in Early Access on March 5, 2026!2026-02-19Your wait is nearly over. The Spire awakens once more on March 5, 2026. Learn more about what Slay the Spire 2 has in store in our official Early Access trailer: https://youtu.be/PW22jwFNxU8 And if you haven’t yet, you can wishlist it here to keep it on your radar: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2868840/Slay_the_Spire_2/ About Slay the Spire 2 Ascend the Spire once more in Slay the Spire 2 the long-awaited sequel to the original genre-defining roguelike deckbuilder. For 1,000 years, the Spire lay dormant, its secrets buried and its horrors forgotten. Now, it has reopened, hungrier and more dangerous than ever, devouring all who dare to as
The Neowsletter - February 20262026-02-17It's February, everyone. You know what that means... SLAY THE SPIRE 2 IS OUT NEXT MONTH!! That also means if your goal was to hit A20 on all characters before StS2's release, you're running out of time. That also also means that this Neowsletter is a little lighter again. So no major content teases right now, but perhaps something else is just around the corner that will make up for it. In the meantime, we heard you missed the Q&A section last time around, so we've brought it back! Q&A with C&A The Singaporean Smoke Machine asks: Will the default hand size limit still be 10? Will there be any way to increase the hand size limit? Casey: The de
The Neowsletter - January 20262026-01-22Happy Slay the Spire 2 year, everyone! Tomorrow, January 23rd, 2026, is the 7th anniversary of Slay the Spire's 1.0 launch! Also, in just a couple of months, it will have been 8.5~ years between the early access launches of Slay the Spire 1 and Slay the Spire 2. If you've been with us since the very beginning of this journey then that means you're at least 9 years old, probably. Maybe even 10. Thank you to all of the Slayers who have stuck with us for all of these years and to those who are just now tuning in. The next phase of Spire slaying is just around the corner! In the meantime, let's take a look at... The Evolution of Slay the Spire 2'
The Neowsletter - December 20252025-12-11The last Neowsletter of 2025 is here! For those who didn't hear, Slay the Spire 2 was recently ranked the number one game on the PC Gaming Show's Most Wanted list! We want to thank the voting council as well as all of you steadfast Slayers out there! As a treat, you can find quite a few tidbits of new StS2 info in the interview we did with PC Gamer in honor of our number one spot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NgLqPWqDss Now, let's cap this year off with a preview of a most mysterious character... The Regent Hailing from a distant planet, The Regent has traveled long and far on his quest for excitement that his homeworld cannot offer. His
The Neowsletter - November 20252025-11-13Greetings, Slayers! It's November. Just a few more months until the sequel is available in Early Access. To get hyped, we've got another big content sneak peek. Last month, we properly introduced you to one of Slay the Spire 2's new playable characters, The Necrobinder. This month, we're introducing you to some new non-playable characters... Ancients The Spire is brimming with species of all shapes and sizes which have evolved alongside their environments over the ages. However, there are some beings that have persisted since the Spire's inception, accumulating wisdom and power as they witness the death and birth of countless generations. You
The Neowsletter - October 20252025-10-16It's October, the month of tricks, treats, and... spooooky things~🦇💀 For those who missed it, we announced a delay last month. Slay the Spire 2 is coming to Early Access in March 2026. I know, I know, it's hard to wait. But speaking of spooky things, let us properly introduce you to... The Necrobinder At long last, the time has come to dive deeper into the first new character we announced for Slay the Spire 2: The Necrobinder, a sassy lich who relies upon a giant, reanimated hand called Osty in battle. (It's a funny name but not technically a pun, so should be safe.) Her kit is themed around necromancy, fittingly enough, and plays with the
The Neowsletter - September 20252025-09-11Hi everyone, it's time for the September Neowsletter. This one comes with a pretty big update right off the top, so let's dive right into it. Early Access Timeline Update After a lot of internal discussion, we've made the call to move Slay the Spire 2's Early Access launch to a secret Thursday in March 2026. We know this isn't the news anyone wanted to hear (ourselves included, we're dying to get this into your hands!) Originally, we were shooting for late 2025, but turns out we were wrong. We need some more time. There's no single dramatic reason. Some personal life stuff hit the team (everyone's okay!), we kept saying "wouldn't it be cool i
The Neowsletter - August 20252025-08-14Greetings! This month's issue marks the 1-year anniversary of The Neowsletter!! Thank you to everyone who has been reading along since the beginning. The Mega Crit team is still hard at work on the sequel. We're on that grindset >:( But also striking a good work/life balance >:) The main focus lately has been content. It has to be fresh, challenging, and complex while also making sure that the game is accessible to new players and retains that Slay the Spire feel and magic. That was a bit too vague to be interesting news... let's take a sneak peek at some relics and potions instead! Relics & Potions Here's an assortment of relics (top row) an
The Neowsletter - July 20252025-07-16Hi again everyone, it's time for a July update! I don't have any clever things to say in this intro, let's just get into it. This month we'll take a sneak peek at Colorless Cards! The Cards Without Color Hey everyone, Anthony again with some more card previews. This time, we are showing some Colorless cards that any character can make use of. We are making a bunch of new Colorless cards, tweaking some old ones, and even changing some old cards to now be Colorless. Thrumming Hatchet might look innocuous, but the consistency it provides is surprisingly strong. You may have noticed an older version of this card on our store page, but we are cons
The Neowsletter - June 20252025-06-12Summer's here and so is a new Neowsletter! We're out enjoying the sun during the day, and killing the night... during the uhh.. night (that was a Nightreign reference). Anyways, it's true- we were not part of Summer Games Fest :( But that's okay. As a small team, it's quite a bit of work to put together a trailer, do press stuff, and coordinate with event organizer folks, so we try to keep that stuff to a minimum. However, these announcements are quite exciting. Mina the Hollower getting a release date is cool. Okay, let's talk about a known but returning mechanic, Events in Slay the Spire! Event Rooms Sometimes when you enter those question
The Neowsletter - May 20252025-05-15Good day! It's the fifth month of the year and Slay the Spire 2 isn't out yet. We're quite picky about the game's quality, despite it coming to Early Access. I want other game developers to fear releasing low quality games into Early Access after we do. That's how good I want it! Is that a toxic attitude? Well, too bad. Speaking of low quality games... Blue Prince is NOT one of them! While I do wish for a few quality of life features, there's many mysteries to solve, room drafting to be done, and a heartfelt history to uncover. It has been a great time as I've been digging (with my shovel) into the game's depths the last few weeks. No, I was
The Meowsletter - April 20252025-04-16Oh hey, it's the April Meowsletter... I mean Neowsletter! (This is as close to an April Fool's joke as you're gonna get from us this year.) Thank you again for all the fantastic cover art submissions, this one is brought to you by Caleb! May's prompt is: Neow and Mother's Day flowers! It's what she deserves, being the Mother of Resurrection and all. Send them to us either in the fanart channel of our Discord or via fanmail@megacrit.com, and reminder that the dimensions should be 800x450px and leave room for the title text, which we'll add! There's still a lot of work ahead of us, but maybe because we know that things may get hectic when Early
The Neowsletter - March 20252025-03-12Happy March everybody, It's time for another Neowsletter! Wow, thank you for the March Neowsletter banner image, melohdy. It's so nice, beautiful, and featured! You too can get your art up here if you submit something through our Discord or email us your 800x450px artwork to fanmail@megacrit.com (and make sure there's no text but has room for us to add text.) It's true, only one submission can be the header... but we'll feature the rest in the Community Roundup section! Next month's theme is: Neow donning cat ears or otherwise looking catlike :3 (we have a reason okay, trust us). This is a wild month because a lot of us are playing Monster Hu
The Neowsletter - February 20252025-02-13Winter has arrived in Seattle❄️... in February! While it's intermittently snowing, it is not sticking. Pft, typical Seattle weather (please don't actually snow too much, I don't have time to shovel the driveway). Did you hear the news that a Nintendo Switch 2 is coming?? Expect an email from us, Nintendo :) Back to Work We're back on the work wagon after our nice restful break. We're spending the early part of this year ensuring that a handful of major experimental features are good for Early Access. They won't be featured in this month's Neowsletter but let's take a look at another feature some of you may have already noticed. Enchantments I
The Neowsletter - January 20252025-01-15Happy New Year everyone 🎉 Some of you keen-eyed players are aware that we're launching Slay the Spire 2 into Early Access this year! The rumors are true, we're still on track to release. But what day? What month?? Well, we can't say for sure yet. More news will follow sometime this year. If you want to stay up-to-date you can get the Neowsletter straight to your inbox by signing up on our website. But you can also get notified on Steam, Twitter/X, and Bluesky! For those who missed the gameplay trailer, you can view it right here by clicking that play button. We have the technology 🤖. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttVtllHkb4E I know we bro
Slay the Spire 2's First Official Gameplay Trailer Is Here!2024-12-13You didn’t think yesterday’s Neowsletter was *all* we had for you, did you? ;) It’s been 1000 years since the Spire last opened its doors… and since we first announced that Slay the Spire 2 was in development! At long last, the gameplay reveal for the sequel to the original, iconic roguelike deckbuilder is here, as revealed earlier today at The Game Awards. Step into the newly evolved Spire, a twisted labyrinth teeming with strange and deadly foes. With a new and returning cast of characters, adapt to an arsenal of brand new cards, relics, and potions, each offering game-changing possibilities—or dangerous consequences. What new strategies an